Fish Finder: Still plenty of stripers, but where are the bluefish?

By Cam Gammill

Thursday

Jul 5, 2018 at 11:01 AMJul 5, 2018 at 11:21 AM

(July 5, 2018) Fishing continues to be very, very good. Our bass fishing is excellent, but our consistent push of bluefish is a ways off. Most years guys lament the arrival of bluefish, because it often means that bass are on their way out.

This year we have much bigger concerns. Are we actually going to get bluefish in the numbers that we are used to?

Unfortunately, the tale of the bluefish decline is a couple of years in the making. For the past three years, we’ve seen consecutive declines. We’ve attributed it to a lack of bait and simply the cyclical nature of bait.

This year we have tons of bait and very few fish. Let’s hope this changes because these toothy creatures sure are fun to catch. A good friend who fishes regularly keeps track of the fish he catches. He caught 200-plus bass in June and only 15 bluefish.

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